What Desktop Publishing Can Teach Professional Writing Students about Publishing

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jan 1992

What Desktop Publishing Can Teach Professional Writing Students about Publishing

Michael Dobberstein Purdue University Northwest

Abstract

Desktop publishing is a meta-technology that allows professional writing students access to the production phase of publishing—which is crucial to readers' perception of the writer's text, yet is almost never controlled by the writer. Desktop publishing offers the most convenient means of giving students hands-on practice in preparing text for printing and in learning how that preparation affects the visual meaning of documents.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1992-01-01
DOI: 10.2190/3e52-thdt-x06w-ru44
Open Access: Closed
Topics: professional writing affect and writing

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (1)

Hafer (1999)

Making the connection: Desktop publishing, professional writing, and<i>pro bono…

Technical Communication Quarterly

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DOBBERSTEIN (1991)

Managing the Technology in a Desktop Publishing Course

Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Sullivan (1988)

Desktop Publishing: A Powerful Tool for Advanced Composition Courses

College Composition and Communication

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